The reason for the tax ( 15 cents per tree ) is so the Dept. of Agriculture can, and I quote: " Improve the image and marketing of Christmas Trees."

( Silence, with the distant sound of crickets in the background...)

It is a well known fact that Christmas Trees are little known in our society... For them to be accepted, this administration's assistance is sorely needed to bring them into the consciousness of the American People.

I for one, applaud our Dear Leader for his great incite of tackling urgent problems such as this that plague the nation. It's his own, unique way of celebrating the holidays with us all.

I can't wait for the good old days to return when a mealy mouth moderate Bush-clone is back in the White House and we call him a liar and tell the sheeple that only the Communist-approved agenda of the Democrats who will put the smartest and brightest people in to solve all the problems that Cain is too stupid to solve.

It's working for Dear Leader. If only the fickle ingrates could understand.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by precedent, by implication, by erosion, by default, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other - until the day when they are suddenly declared to be the country's official ideology. ~ Ayn Rand

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Hillary: DELETE is the new RESET

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Russia sends 'reset' button back to Hillary: 'You need it now more than we do'

Barack Obama finds out from CNN that Hillary Clinton spent four years being his Secretary of State

President Obama honors Leonard Nimoy by taking selfie in front of Starship Enterprise